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CHARLES R. BROADBENT, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

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IMPROVEMENT IN SLIPPERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it. known that I, CHARLES R. BROADBENT, of Boston, Suffolk county, State of Massachusetts, have invented :1. new, useful, and improved Shoe or Slipper made of purer; :ind I do hereby declare the following description und accompanying drawings are snfiicient to enable any person skilled in the art of making shoes to make my improved paper shoes Without further invention or experiment.

The nnture of my invention consists in making a shoe or slipper o? pri-per by cutting out the upper or top und soles similar or in the same manner that leather and cloth :ire eut, :ind then putting the parts together on a last by pasting, cementing, sewing, or otherwise, so es to form the shoe or slipper. In the accompanying drawingsv Figure l is a representation of' one of-my improved shoes mede from paper.

Figure 2 is :L section of n shoe cut lengthwise through the centre.

In these drawings, A is the upper or top of the shoe, und a is the sole. In making my improved shoe I cut 'the upper or top A from such peper 'as I deem suitable, either in one or in several pieces, in the swine or in n nmnner similar to that. in which cloth-or leather shoes are cut. I also cut n lining, if nv lining is to be used; also, un outer und inner sole, if an inner sole is to be used.l I now'cemcnt the upper or top together, if it is cutl in more than one piece, and cement the lining into it, :uid apply the inner sole tofu. last, if un. inner sole is used. If no inner solo is used, I apply the upper or top t0 the lust, first moistening the inside :ind lower edges.

of the top so that the paper cun be readily formed or pressed to the lost, und :titer it. is formed eind the edges.

pressed to the last I apply seine proper paste or cement. to the edges of' the top, lwhich will be covered hy the sole, or apply the cement. to the sole, or to both the upper und sole, und then press. the sole on to the edges o? the upper on the last', and then apply some pressure to hold the sole on, either by drnning :i strongy Clo-th over the sole and last und securing it., or by applying pressure in some other way until: it is dry.,\ lYl'ien un inner sole is used the upper is cemented to the inner solo and the oute'r solo cemented on ufterwzrrd. Afterxthe shoe thus formed is dry the last may be token out and the upper bound, ii' desired, or it may he bound before the sole is put in, if preferred: l

I have described my improved shoe as being cemented, but it may be nntde4 by sewingr or by both sewing `:ind cementing, as may be preferred. My improved shoe muy be mode of enunlelled paper, or of paper without being enamelled, and enanielled after it is marde, or finished in sonic other wey. My improved shoe cnn be made for cheaper than any. shoes heretofore made in proporton'to the service or weer that they ure capable of enduring.

Having described my improved shoe, I claimas, n new article of nianufu-cture dsheLLor slipper made of paper substantially :is described.

CHARLES R. BROAI)l3]1lll\l'l.y

Witnesses:

J. DENNIS, Jr., CHAS. M. FAY. 

